THE HANDBOOK OF SET DESIGN by Colin Winslow Published by The Crowood Press 2006 ISBN 1 86126 813 0 - Price: £19.95 MOVE YOUR CURSOR OVER THE COVER TO SEE A REPRESENTATIVE PAGE A comprehensive guide to designing scenery of all kinds for a wide variety of stages, large and small. From concept to final dress rehearsal and performance, it takes you through the practical process of turning initial ideas and sketches into final sets. Packed with practical advice and helpful hints, the book will prove invaluable not only to students, but to all who have an interest in design for the theatre, both professional and amateur. Many colour photographs of actual stage sets designed by the author are included, together with explanatory illustrations and sketches, stage plans, technical drawings, models and colour renderings for a wide variety of productions. The book covers: The designer's role. A short history of stage design. Various types of stage, stage directions and sightlines. Style, colour, texture and form. Both traditional and state-of-the-art digital techniques involved in stage design. Tools and methods for hand drafting, painting and model making. Moving and changing scenery. Scenic tricks and special effects. Available from The Crowood Press or from Amazon or from bookshops. PANTOMIME - A PRACTICAL GUIDE by Tina Bicât with Ruth Staines and Colin Winslow Published by The Crowood Press 2004 ISBN 1 86126 692 8 - Price: £14.99 MOVE YOUR CURSOR OVER THE COVER TO SEE A REPRESENTATIVE PAGE For the hundreds of people who find themselves involved in putting a pantomime on stage, and most particularly for those working on limited budgets in smaller venues. Solve the particular problems of directing and choreographing pantomime. Understand the tricks of set and costume transformations. Control the chaos backstage. Solve the dilemmas of pantomime props. Learn the secrets of pantomime magic. Create a spectacular effect with unspectacular resources. Available from The Crowood Press or from Amazon or from bookshops. THE OBERON GLOSSARY OF THEATRICAL TERMS by Colin Winslow Published by Oberon Books 1991 ISBN 1 870259 26 2 Theatre jargon explained. Over 1300 technical and theatrical terms in a pocket book for anyone working in or who loves the theatre. "A serious handbook for students, young practitioners and thousands of play-making amateurs; and a fascinating reference for theatregoers who crave backstage nitty-gritty" (Plays International) "Caution: This book could seriously jeopardize your amateur status." (Robert David MacDonald - Citizens' Theatre, Glasgow) Available from Oberon Books or from Amazon or from bookshops. * IN PREPARATION * THE HANDBOOK OF MODEL-MAKING FOR SET DESIGNERS by Colin Winslow to be published by The Crowood Press in Spring 2008 ISBN 978-1-84797-019-0 - Price: £16.99 Describes the entire process of making scale models for stage sets, from the most basic cutting and assembling methods to more advanced skills, including painting, texturing and finishing techniques, and useful hints on presenting the completed model. Many drawings and colour photographs of the writer's own work illustrate the text, and the book is packed with helpful hints gleaned from his experience of designing and model-making, and teaching these skills. Some state-of-the-art computerized techniques are described here for the first time in a book of this kind, incuding many ways in which digital techniques can be used in combination with the more traditional methods to enhance the model-maker's work. It is a book that will be of use not only to theatre designers, but to anyone with an interest in scale models of any kind. The book covers: Tools and materials. Painting and texturing. Architectural models. People, trees and organic elements. Moving parts. Furniture and dressings. HOME PAGE PORTFOLIO C.V. NEW TECHNOLOGY LINKS